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How to Remove Your Personal Information from Background Check Sites
Data broker and background check sites have been cropping up all over the place lately. It’s really not surprising considering how hungry everyone is to get data on everyone else. From your neighbor, to the marketing team for large clothing lines, to the guy you met on Tinder, everyone wants your data. Each of those scenarios could entail a different reason. For instance, your neighbor is just being nosy and wants “dirt” on you to gossip about, and he or she is bored and has nothing else to do with their time. While the marketing company just wants to sell you something, anything, in fact. They just want to prove they can make money off you by predicting what you want based on your data, which is supposed to track and analyze our habits. Usually, these are totally wrong, but that doesn’t seem to stop data miners, data brokers, background check sites and other from wanting all that information anyway. The guy from Tinder or POF who wants to get info on you may have a few motives. Maybe he really likes you and wants to make sure you’re not a bank robber or that you offed three of your last four husbands. Maybe he just wants to make sure you’re not married, or maybe he’s a creepy stalker who can’t ask you directly so he tries to get personal info about you the eye spy way. All of this adds up to a lot of personal, private information about you being available online to the neighbor, the baker, the marketing team for Hot Fluffy Clothing Corp, and the guy or girl you had two dates with!
If you want that private info to stay private, then you need to take steps to remove that information. You can contact each website individually and ask them to remove the information either via email or with a snail mailed letter. Sometimes you will need to prove your identity, must make sure that you do so privately. If you don’t have the patience for this, it may be easier to have someone else do it for you. Along with all the background check sites popping up, data removal websites also have been growing to fight back against all this data exploitation. These companies can and do get rid of personal information posted about you online. They have experience and a good understanding of how to deal with websites who deal in data. The prices are often reasonable for the service provided and give you your privacy and time back. Some companies will even do a scan later on to ensure that no new data has been posted. If you want your personal data off of background check sites for good, make sure to stay vigilant or pay someone to be vigilant for you!
If you have questions about personal data removal, talk to the team at Wiperts.
